my $cgi   = new CGI;
my @param = $cgi->param();
...
my $full = $path.$param[0];
...
open(FILE, "$full") || error();
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/me ensures that the big black mark previously crossed through the name of perlskripts.com is still clearly visible, and raises his eyebrows once again.

Thank you once again for showing just how wrong you can create a script. Nice. I'll take everything you've written as the "before" column in my next training course. Loads of laughs.